RT Article
T1 Public opinion and awareness regarding probation in the Czech Republic
JF European journal of probation
VO 14
IS 2
SP 87
OP 108
A1 Tomášek, Jan 1949-
A2 Háková, Lucie
A2 Krulichová, Eva
LA English
YR 2022
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/181488629X
AB Previous research on non-custodial sentences has pointed to the association between awareness of alternatives to prison and public opinion on these alternative measures. Using data from a public opinion survey conducted in the Czech Republic in 2018, the main objective of this study is to examine the extent to which public opinion on probation is influenced by awareness of probation service and support for probation in general. The data suggest that those generally in favour of probation, unlike those opposed, agree with this measure being imposed on a wider range of offenders, are more lenient towards offenders who violate the conditions of their probation, and perceive probation as being beneficial to the criminal justice system and society as a whole. On the other hand, the public’s awareness of the probation service per se seems not to be as important as whether or not the basic principles of probation are embraced.
K1 non-custodial sentences
K1 Criminal Policy
K1 Probation
K1 community sentences
K1 Punitiveness
K1 Public Opinion
DO 10.1177/20662203221088096